Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
- Date
- 1611
- Local voice
- Reported speaker · Jesus
- English wording
- King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
Meaning of “Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall…”
The line does not deny sorrow; it frames grief as an experience that can be transformed rather than the final state of a life.
Where does it come from?
John 16:20 in the King James Version.
Why the local voice matters
John 16:20 in the King James Version preserves this wording as reported speech. The biblical passage remains the textual source while Jesus is stored as the local reported speaker.
